| ALANNAH | • alannah n. Alternative form of alanna. • Alannah prop.n. A female given name from the Celtic languages. • ALANNAH n. (Irish) my child, a term of endearment used with one's child. |
| ALMANAC | • almanac n. (Astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events… • almanac n. A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject. • almanac n. A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in the constellation. |
| AMANDLA | • AMANDLA n. (South African) a political slogan calling for Black power. |
| ANALGIA | • analgia n. (Medicine) state of painlessness, absence of pain. • ANALGIA n. inability to feel pain. |
| ANALOGA | • analoga n. Plural of analogon. • ANALOGON n. (Greek) that which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing, also ANALOG, ANALOGUE. |
| ANAXIAL | • ANAXIAL adj. asymmetrical. |
| APLANAT | • aplanat n. (Optics) A lens that has been corrected for spherical aberration and coma in order to produce a rectilinear image. • APLANAT n. an aplanatic lens, i.e. one free from spherical aberration. |
| CANTALA | • cantala n. Cebu maguey; a fiber from the leaves of Agave cantala. • CANTALA n. a coarse fibre used in making strong thread or twine. |
| GALANGA | • galanga n. Alternative spelling of galangal. • GALANGA n. the aromatic rootstock of certain East Indian plants of the ginger family, also GALANGAL, GALENGALE, GALINGALE. |
| LANGAHA | • Langaha prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – lamprophiid snakes, endemic to Madagascar. • LANGAHA n. (Malagasy) a colubriform snake of Madagascar, with a nose prolonged in the form of a sharp blade. |
| LANTANA | • lantana n. Any member of the genus Lantana of perennial verbenas with aromatic flower clusters. • Lantana prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Verbenaceae – shrub verbena. • LANTANA n. a tropical shrub of the vervain family. |
| LASAGNA | • lasagna n. A flat sheet of pasta. • lasagna n. An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù… • lasagna n. (By extension) A combination or layering of things. |
| MALANGA | • malanga n. Any of several Central and South American plants, of the genus Xanthosoma; yautia. • malanga n. Taro (Colocasia esculenta). • malanga n. The edible tuber of these plants, some of which have medicinal value. |
| MANCALA | • mancala n. (Board games) Any of various board games, common throughout Africa and Asia, in which a move consists… • MANCALA n. (Arabic) a variety of board games. |
| MANDALA | • mandala n. (Hinduism, Buddhism) A graphic depiction of the spiritual universe and its myriad realms and deities. • mandala n. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation. • mandala n. A division or book of the Rigveda (of which there are 10). |
| NAGMAAL | • Nagmaal n. (South Africa) Alternative form of Nachtmaal. • NAGMAAL n. (South African) a Dutch Reformed Church Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, also NACHTMAAL. |